Towns
Except for Dir and a number of rapidly growing bazaar towns along the main roads, the population is rural, scattered in more than 1200 villages in the deep narrow valleys of the Panjkora and its tributaries.
Of these, notable villages are
- Khas Dir
- Barawal
- Gandigar
- Sahiba-bad
- Sundal
- wari
Read more about this topic: Upper Dir District
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